{"id":1827,"date":"2013-03-20T04:25:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T09:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2013-03-20T04:25:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T09:25:03","slug":"a-clear-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2013\/03\/20\/a-clear-call\/","title":{"rendered":"A clear call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525\" alt=\"Lent 2013 Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/02\/Lent-2013-Cover.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #006100\"> <strong>Luke 18:31- 34<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006100\"><strong>Question for reflection:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGlimpses of discernment flutter briefly across our preoccupied mind like rays of sunshine trying to break through the dense morning fog. We sense that \u201csomething important is happening, here\u201d (Henri Nouwen), but the full meaning remains hidden from us, just beyond our grasp. How can we clear our mind of distractions in order to be able to hear God\u2019s voice guiding our next steps?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #006100\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEver-present God, help me take time to be silent and listen to your still, small voice calling me to follow.<\/p>\n<p>~ Kim Ebersole, Director of Family Life and Older Adult Ministries<\/p>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em><em>Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year&#8217;s L<\/em>enten devotional, <span style=\"color: #3d863d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=practice+of+paying&amp;Search.x=8&amp;Search.y=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3d863d\">The Practice of Paying Attention<\/span><\/a><\/span>, written by Dana Cassell, Minister of Youth Formation at the Manassas Church of the Brethren. <em>(Available from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #006100\"><span style=\"color: #3d863d\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #3d863d\">Brethren Press<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in print and E-Book formats)\u00a0<em>Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Dana&#8217;s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em><em>his\u00a0<\/em><em>blog.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Luke 18:31- 34 Question for reflection: Glimpses of discernment flutter briefly across our preoccupied mind like rays of sunshine trying to break through the dense morning fog. We sense that \u201csomething important is happening, here\u201d (Henri Nouwen), but the full meaning remains hidden from us, just beyond our grasp. How can we clear our<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[240,326,335,687,696,921],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-clear-our-mind","tag-discern","tag-distraction","tag-lent","tag-listen","tag-prayer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}